A 26ft Bayliner motor boat ran into difficulty after suffering engine failure near Studland.
Those on board the boat contacted coastguards on Monday saying they were off South Beach.
Sea Start was contacted and an engineer went out to the vessel. It was fixed and returned to Cobb’s Quay in Poole.
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